SriLankan Airlines, the newest member of the one-world alliance, in a move to meet the increasing demands for air services between China and Sri Lanka will be operate scheduled charter flights to Sichuan province, China beginning July1.

SriLankan will be operating a weekly flight to Chong-qing from Colombo, returning via Bangkok.

The signing of the agreement between Chong-qing Hua-pont International Travel Service Co. Ltd and SriLankan Airlines was held in Colombo yesterday.